Amsterdam eco city and 2 examples of green buildings ("Waternet" and "Edge")

1. I amsterdam
Eco city and it’s buildings
Group project by:
Magdalena Mińko
Aleksey Narko
Karol Kotarski
Ravi Kumar

2. Urban planning
• Canal ring - the answer to
overpopulation caused by the
Dutch Golden Age – XVIIth
century
• Defensive, menagerial and
transportational functions of the
canals
• Social segragation – dividing the
city into rich and poor areas

3. • XXth century – modernist
socialist ideas, new districts
on outskirts with housing
blocks
• XXIst century – back to the
water – new islands inhabited
Urban planning

4. • No wide roads possible
• 1960 – bicycle policy
• No cars allowed
• 450 km bicycle paths
Transportation

5. • 85% city residents using their
bike at least once a week
• 38 % of all daily journeys are by
bicycle (mostly under 5km)
• About 1mln bicycles in the town
• 100 thousand being stolen each
year
• Walkability and bike usage have
lenghten the life expectancy
• Good, diverse public transport
Transportation

6. Categories ranked:
Stability, Healthcare, Culture and Environment, Education and
Infrastructure
And Spatial Characteristics
( Green space, Sprawl, Natural Assets, Cultural Assets,
Connectivity, Isolation and Pollution)
Livability

7. Technologies

8. Green-Roofed Waternet Building Recycles
Water for the Entire City of Amsterdam
• only water company in the Netherlands
dedicated to the entire cycle;
• provides for 100% of the Dutch capital's
water needs;
• the building holds open plan offices, a
restaurant, a congress hall and a café;
• a part of World Waternet, which works
with local water organizations towards
structural solutions for several eco-
problems.

9. Green-Roofed Waternet Building Recycles
Water for the Entire City of Amsterdam
The most important tasks:
- wasting water;
- producing drinking water;
- supplying inhabitants with tap
water;
- taking care of the discharge of
waste water;
- keeping the surface water clean.

10. “The Edge” of sustainability
• Headquarters of Deloitte
Holland
• „Outstanding” building by
BREEAM
• 40000 m2
• 1800 people
• 15 floors

11. “The Edge” of Eco
Eco&Tech Innovations combined

12. Thank you for attention!
Questions are more than welcome!